Three crashes involving Teslas that killed three people have increased scrutiny of the company’s Autopilot driving system just months before CEO Elon Musk plans to put fully self-driving cars on the streets.
Read moreA federal judge tipped his hand on how he views a case involving corporate espionage in the hypercompetitive industry of self-driving cars. In short, he thinks something foul is afoot.
Read moreAs companies jockey for position in the race to be the first to bring a fully capable autonomous-vehicle software program to market, two contestants battled it out in San Jose federal court on Thursday.
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The National Transportation Safety Board says the driver of a Tesla that slammed into a firetruck near Los Angeles last year was using the car’s Autopilot system when a vehicle in front of him changed lanes and he didn’t have time to react.
Read moreA federal grand jury in California has indicted the former head of Uber’s self-driving vehicle initiative on charges of stealing Google technology and siphoning it to the ride-hail giant, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Read moreThe chief salesman for Airbus says his company already has the technology to fly passenger planes without pilots — and is working on winning over regulators and travelers to the idea.
Read moreA federal judge appeared inclined Thursday to let a case involving the theft of self-driving technology trade secrets move forward.
Read moreFord Motors revealed details of its long-awaited restructuring plan Monday as it prepared for a future of electric and autonomous vehicles by parting ways with 7,000 white-collar workers worldwide, about 10% of its global salaried workforce.
Read moreA Tesla Model 3 involved in a fatal crash with a semitrailer in Florida on March 1 was operating on the company’s semi-autonomous Autopilot system, federal investigators have determined.
Read moreTesla expects to have full self-driving cars in which humans won’t have to touch the steering wheel around the second quarter of next year.
Read moreThe race to develop reliable self-driving technology is thick with plots, betrayal and general intrigue as a recent injunction in a Silicon Valley trade secrets case shows.
Read moreA former Apple employee faces 10 years in prison on charges he stole self-driving car technology from his employer to benefit a Chinese company.
Read moreThe Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank will spend $2.25 billion for a nearly a 20 percent stake in General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit.
Read moreElectric automaker Tesla says it has reached a settlement with buyers of its Model S and Model X cars who claimed the vehicles’ autopilot function was dangerous and unusable.
Read moreAn Uber self-driving test car that fatally struck a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona, earlier this year was equipped with radar and navigation sensors, but emergency brakes that would have kicked on before the collision were turned off, a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board revealed Thursday.
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A Ford Motors expert on self-driving cars said Tuesday that the advent of autonomous vehicles could exacerbate traffic congestion and pollution unless the cars are electric and people share rides.
Read moreThe family of an Arizona woman killed when struck by an autonomous Uber vehicle apparently has reached a settlement with the company.
Read moreAutomaker BMW says this year’s profits will at least equal last year’s results as the company sinks billions into developing electric and autonomous car technology to meet expected changes in how people get from one place to another.
Read moreUber suspended all of its self-driving testing Monday after what is believed to be the first fatal pedestrian crash involving the vehicles.
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